EPPO Global Database

Syzygium cumini(SYZCU)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-12

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SYZCU
  • Preferred name: Syzygium cumini
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Skeels

Notes

Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, Australia. Introduced in east Africa, USA (Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Venezuela, Bolivia)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Eugenia cumini (Linnaeus) Druce
Eugenia jambolana Lamarck
Syzygium fruticosum Roxburgh ex de Candolle
Syzygium jambolanum (Lamarck) de Candolle

Common names
Name Language
black plum English
jambolan English
jamun English
Java plum English
Malabar plum English
Jambolana-Pflaumenbaum German
Wachsjambose German
jamblon French
jamelonier French
ciruelo de Java Spanish
ciruelo jambolan Spanish
guayabo pesgua Spanish
giambolana Italian
ameixeira-de-java Portuguese
jambolão Portuguese
jamboleiro Portuguese
jamelão Portuguese
boro-jam Bengali
kalla-jam Bengali
wū mò Chinese
乌墨 Chinese
bahojaman Hindi
bun-jumb Hindi
chota jamb Hindi
jamun Hindi
jambolan Indonesian
jambula Sanskrit